Framingham State University President Timothy Flanagan is a finalist for the top job at Illinois State University, the Midwest school announced today.

Three other candidates – Karla Hughes, vice president for academic affairs at Morehead State University, Randy Dunn, president at Murray State University, and Larry Dietz, vice president for student affairs at Illinois State – are also in the running, according to the university.

“We have a slate of outstanding finalists from a large pool of exceptionally qualified, diverse candidates,” said Michael McCuskey, chairman of the Board of Trustees and search team at Illinois State. “We are confident the next president of Illinois State will continue to strengthen our reputation as one of the top public universities in the nation.”

The finalists are scheduled to visit the school’s campus next week. Flanagan has been president at Framingham State since 2006.